Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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STRCON ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO THINK OF THEMSELVES AS CONSERVATIVE: Do you think of yourself as a strong conservative, or a not very strong conservative?   1) Strong conservative   2) Not very strong conservative   3) Don't Know   4) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strong conservative	177	59.6%	59.6%	-.76
Not very strong conservative	105	35.4%	94.9%	.9
Don't Know	14	4.7%	99.7%	2.56
No answer	1	.3%	100%	4.22

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance Education Gender Household income Political party Race

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
Strong conservative	49.1% 26	66.1% 39	79.4% 50	65.7% 115
Not very strong conservative	45.3% 24	27.1% 16	19.0% 12	29.7% 52
Don't Know	5.7% 3	5.1% 3	1.6% 1	4.0% 7
No answer	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 53	100.0% 59	100.0% 63	175

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Grade 9 to 11	High School Grad	Some College	College Grad or More	TOTAL
Strong conservative	40.0% 2	53.3% 8	59.8% 49	63.6% 56	58.5% 62	59.8% 177
Not very strong conservative	60.0% 3	33.3% 5	34.1% 28	30.7% 27	38.7% 41	35.1% 104
Don't Know	0.0% 0	13.3% 2	4.9% 4	5.7% 5	2.8% 3	4.7% 14
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 5	100.0% 15	100.0% 82	100.0% 88	100.0% 106	296

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strong conservative	55.0% 77	63.7% 100	59.6% 177
Not very strong conservative	42.1% 59	29.3% 46	35.4% 105
Don't Know	2.9% 4	6.4% 10	4.7% 14
No answer	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 157	297

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $19,999	$20,000 up to $29,999	$30,000 up to $39,999	$40,000 up to $49,999	$50,000 up to $59,999	More than $60,000	TOTAL
Strong conservative	53.3% 24	49.0% 24	60.0% 21	55.2% 16	65.5% 19	64.3% 45	58.0% 149
Not very strong conservative	40.0% 18	44.9% 22	37.1% 13	37.9% 11	31.0% 9	31.4% 22	37.0% 95
Don't Know	4.4% 2	6.1% 3	2.9% 1	6.9% 2	3.4% 1	4.3% 3	4.7% 12
No answer	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 49	100.0% 35	100.0% 29	100.0% 29	100.0% 70	257

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
Strong conservative	66.3% 106	53.4% 31	57.4% 27	55.6% 5	34.8% 8	59.6% 177
Not very strong conservative	30.0% 48	41.4% 24	38.3% 18	33.3% 3	52.2% 12	35.4% 105
Don't Know	3.1% 5	5.2% 3	4.3% 2	11.1% 1	13.0% 3	4.7% 14
No answer	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 58	100.0% 47	100.0% 9	100.0% 23	297

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
Strong conservative	58.2% 149	64.0% 16	100.0% 3	100.0% 1	66.7% 8	59.6% 177
Not very strong conservative	36.3% 93	32.0% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	33.3% 4	35.4% 105
Don't Know	5.1% 13	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.7% 14
No answer	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 256	100.0% 25	100.0% 3	100.0% 1	100.0% 12	297